by A. Constant, A. Krause, U. Rinne & K. Zimmermann We analyse the reservation wages of first- and second-generation migrants, based on rich survey data of the unemployed in Germany. Our  results confirm the hypothesis that reservation wages increase over  migrant generations and over time, sugg

by M. Cervellati, U. Sunde & K. F. Zimmermann      . This paper takes a global, long-run perspective on the recent debate about secular stagnation, which has so far mainly focused on the short term. The analysis is motivated by observing the interplay between the economic and demographic transit

by A. Constant and K.F. Zimmermann                     . Purpose: Introduce a new field and suggest a new research agenda. Findings: Diaspora economics is more than a new word for migration  economics. It opens a new strand to political economy. Diaspora is  perceived to be a well-defined group of m

The past year has been a busy one for the Journal of Population Economics. With well over 500 submissions received in 2017, the Journal has continued to attract many high-quality, innovative articles from researchers all over the world. The newly-released Journal Citation Report indic

On September 18, 2017, GLO Fellow John P. Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University has visited POP at UNU-MERIT  and presented a paper in the UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar at noon on: Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Pric

The international conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) took place in Brussels on 13-14 July 2017,under the theme ‘Public Policy & Governance Beyond Borders’. The event is co-hosted by MGSoG/UNU-MERIT (Maastricht University, NL) and the Ma

The lead article of issue 32(4), “Ancestral ecological endowments and missing women”, is now available online and available freely for download for a short period of time. You can access and share the article here.

The final issue of the Journal of Population Economics for 2019 has been published! Issue 32(4) contains ten exceptional articles that address themes such as migration and social remittances, demography and population policy, and development in family contexts. The lead article, by Ga

The newest issue of the Journal of Population Economics is now available. Volume 32, issue 1 addresses topics such as whether migration acts as an adjustment mechanism during times of economic crisis, how academic achievement and racial achievement gaps can be explained by childhood l